Two NFL games give NBC the advantage, with CBS and ABC coming in second and third in TV viewership.
The NFL kickoff 2021 game drew the largest official audience for a season opener since 2016, countering the trend of declining viewership for essentially all forms of television programming.
The total viewership for the game was 26.4 million when viewership on Peacock, NBC Sports Digital platforms is included, the most for an NFL opening day game since 2015 when the New England Patriots’ 28-21 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers averaged 27.4 million viewers.The Rams’ 34-14 victory over the Chicago Bears on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” was second among prime-time programs airing between Sept. 6 and Sunday, averaging 17.64 million viewers, 6.9% less than the 18.
The CBS News magazine followed a 34-minute runover of CBS’ afternoon NFL coverage, which went into prime time and averaged 24.63 million viewers. The runover is not considered a separate program but is included in the weekly average. Fox was fourth, averaging 2.42 million viewers. Its average was boosted by the 24-minute runover of its afternoon NFL coverage into prime-time, which averaged 13.66 million viewers and its 36-minute NFL postgame show, “The OT,” which followed and averaged 5.78 million viewers, 12th for the week.Fox’s top non-NFL program was “The Masked Singer & Alter Ego Sneak Peek,” which averaged 2.94 million viewers following “The OT,” 38th among the week’s broadcast and cable programs.
The Canadian crime drama “Coroner” and the superhero series “DC’s Stargirl” tied as the CW’s ratings leaders, both averaging 638,000 viewers, tying for 175th among broadcast programs.The CW again was fifth among the five major English-language broadcast networks, averaging 480,000 viewers.
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